Human rights advocate

Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press

Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in Congress, was a staunch supporter of Israel who, as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pushed for civil, human and animal rights.

Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in Congress, was a staunch supporter of Israel who, as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pushed for civil, human and animal rights. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to ever serve in Congress, was a staunch supporter of Israel who, as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pushed for civil, human and animal rights.